The Amazing Habits of a Giant Bull Ant Colony
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 Published On Sep 11, 2024

Come on a journey to discover the amazing habits and organisation of a 50 worker Myrmecia Pyriformis bull ant colony. We explore the Queen, the workers, the systematic organisation of the different stages of brood, discarding bad brood, making cocoons, a bull ant battle, catching crickets and feeding, queen attendants and preening and more. This really is an amazing species!

0:00 Intro
0:15 About
1:14 The Queen
1:43 The Colony and Brood Segregation
1:54 Egg Organisation
2:41 Larvae
3:54 Cocoons
4:10 Discarding Bad Brood
5:03 Queen Preening / "Attendants"
5:18 Bull Ant Battle!
6:09 Feeding Crickets
6:45 Larvae Feeding on Crickets
7:29 Workers
8:05 Feeding Sugar Water

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